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To celebrate Abraham Lincoln’s 207th birthday and the 8th anniversary of the Cottage being open to the public, President Lincoln’s Cottage partnered with Hero Heads to create a new t-shirt and hoodie of Honest Abe. You can see the results above as our staff poses together in our Hero Head Lincoln shirts. The colors on our pre-ordered shirts just happened to match our …

By Jamie Cooper and Rebecca Downes Fair Trade it is a movement that has gained increasing recognition within the past decade. Today, the words “fair trade” can be seen stamped on products in markets, shops and even online. But what exactly does this term refer to? Who does it benefit? How does it relate to President Lincoln? Every day, hundreds …

By Rebecca Downes Have you ever wondered what life was like in Abraham Lincoln’s time? Now you can get a taste for life in the 1800’s—literally! Available for purchase at the President Lincoln’s Cottage Museum Store is a brand new selection of confectionery treats made from authentic 19th Century recipes. Sugar has always been a popular treat for those of …

Can you describe what President Abraham Lincoln or George Washington looked like? How about President Grover Cleveland or Calvin Coolidge? In the new children’s book What Does the President Look Like?, author and Presidential historian Jane Hampton Cook analyzes how young people have viewed the President since the founding of our country. Through paintings, photographs, television or the internet, the …

In Three Miles from Providence: A Tale of Abraham Lincoln and the Soldiers’ Home, author David Bruce Smith follows generations of the fictional Burdette family, from President Abraham Lincoln’s time at the Soldiers’ Home in the 1860s, to the grand opening of President Lincoln’s Cottage in 2008. The storyline allows the author to illuminate the dramatic changes witnessed by Lincoln’s …

By Jamie Cooper In the 1850s, would anyone have thought that the likeness of an American president would be put on a common coin and that said president would not be one of the Founding Fathers? Probably not. Up until that point in time a president had never been featured on an American coin. During Lincoln’s presidency, the one cent …